Man arrested in kidnapping

STOCKTON — A parolee who allegedly kidnapped a woman and beat her as he drove around Stockton early Saturday morning was arrested after being bitten by a police canine.

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STOCKTON — A parolee who allegedly kidnapped a woman and beat her as he drove around Stockton early Saturday morning was arrested after being bitten by a police canine.

Timothy Heberbrand, 25, was taken into custody at Park and American streets about 5:30 a.m. by the Stockton Police Department. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office says Heberbrand, who recently spent six months in jail, went to meet a woman he knew near Highway 99 and Waterloo Road about 11:30 p.m. Friday.

“The woman said he smelled and was high as a kite,” said Lt. Philip George of the Sheriff’s Office. “She was smart and had brought her own car and tried to leave the scene, but he rammed it (with his car) and got inside hers.”

For the next hour, Heberbrand struck the woman multiple times as he drove around Stockton, and she was finally able to escape in the 5000 block of Kimball Hill Circle about 12:46 a.m., George said.

Stockton police say they found Heberbrand after a block search and he was taken to jail on suspicion of kidnapping, battery with serious injury, carjacking and parole violation.

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